#10 GC Golf puts Two on PBC All-Academic Team

MARTINEZ, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference
(PBC) recently announced its Men’s Golf All-Academic Team,
with No. 10 Georgia College taking two of the 10 spots on the
squad.

Senior Matthew Yonz (Waycross, Ga.) joined
sophomore Patrick Garrett(Kennesaw,
Ga.) on the academic-minded team. Yonz has made three PBC
All-Academic Teams in the three-year history of the program.
Garrett makes his first appearance on this list.

Yonz owns the top GPA for a male student-athlete at Georgia
College at 3.96 in chemistry. Garrett has a 3.64 in biology. Both
were regular starters for the Bobcats this season. Yonz posted a
74.8 stroke average over nine events and Garrett was All-PBC with a
74.1 average in 12 starts.

The teams are part of a season-long program recognizing the
outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the
classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the
All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at
least half of his/her team’s events and be either a starter
or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade
point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full
academic year at his or her current institution. The PBC Sports
Information Directors oversee and select the teams.

The 2010-11 season was another outstanding one for Bobcat Golf.
GC put four individuals on the All- PBC Teams, with head coach Jimmy Wilson taking Coach of the Year,
and senior Billy Shida (2007-11) adding Player of
the Year honors.

The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back
winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic
programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program,
Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the
student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in
post-season competition as well as documented academic success and
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